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• Michael Carl Raymond Wubs, Stadskanaal

• Anna Matveld (87)
• Catharina Victorine van Dijck (75), Wilrijk
• Agatha Theresia Augusta Spelt (79), Amsterdam
• Antonius Leonardus Marinus Klaassens (71), Helmond
• Albert Gerben de Groot (83), Grouw, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adèle Eugenie Van de Vyver (89), Oosterzele
• Agatha Anna Geijsel (84)
• Berendina Jacoba Rondhuis (50), Haelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Clasina Jacomina van Veen (85)
• Clarence Molenkamp (61)

• 1973 » Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer
• 1973 » Alexandre Finazzi, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer
• 1973 » Todd Helton, American baseball player
• 1974 » Amy Adams, American actress and singer
• 1974 » Andy Strachan, Australian drummer and songwriter
• 1974 » Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist and conductor
• 1974 » Misha Collins, American actor
• 1974 » Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer and coach

• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1982 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Jeroen
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Jennifer

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 5 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
• August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on August 20, 1974 was between 10.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (95%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.